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3 injured, including 11-year-old, in crash on Broad Street in Philadelphia's Spring Garden section, police say

Three people, including a child, were hurt in a crash on North Broad Street in the Spring Garden section of Philadelphia Wednesday afternoon, police said. 

Investigators say a 33-year-old man was driving a white Hyundai Kona in the wrong direction on Broad Street — going south in the northbound lanes — when he ran a red light and hit a white Toyota Camry around 4:15 p.m. The Camry had been traveling eastbound on Wallace Street. Both cars were significantly damaged in the crash, Philadelphia police said.

An 11-year-old boy who was riding in the Camry was taken to St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in critical condition with multiple injuries. The driver of the Camry, a 37-year-old man and the boy's dad, declined medical treatment and went to the hospital with his son, according to police.   

The driver of the Hyundai was taken to Temple University Hospital and remains in critical condition. A 39-year-old man who was a passenger in the Camry was also taken to the hospital and is stable, police said. 

Broad Street was briefly closed because of the crash but has reopened.

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